On Tuesday, May 10, 2016 at 12:31:05 PM UTC-7, Michael OHearn via wrote: > Genealogists have discovered that likely presidential candidates Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton share common descent from Joan of Gaunt and Katherine Swinford. > > http://www.infowars.com/trump-hillary-distant-cousins-say-genealogists/ > > In view of past discussion regard Plantagenet Richard's Y-DNA not matching that of alleged Beaufort Somerset cousins, is the legitimacy question of John of Gaunt still an issue? If the DNA discrepancy arose from the circumstances of John's illegitimate parentage, then we could assume that both Trump and Clinton are of bastardized descent. > > > > Sent from my iPhone For whatever it's worth, this is the information from Geni.com which gives the supposed royal descent for Trump: https://www.geni.com/people/Mary-Anne-Trump-MacLeod/6000000013186316923 Leslie